Zhou family.
Zhou Feng pouted at the table. Grandma Zhou waved a big, plump chicken leg in front of him and coaxed him lovingly:
"Ah Feng, both chicken legs are for you. Look, the eldest brother, the second brother, and the third brother all got no share today!"
As she spoke, Grandma Zhou moved all the eggs and chicken in front of him.
In recent years, living standards have improved and eating meat is no longer a rare thing. But it is impossible to kill chickens and eat them every day in the countryside. Eating chicken legs, to a certain extent, represents one’s status in the family.
Even Zhou Kai, who was always favored, didn’t get to eat the chicken leg today.
The Zhou sisters were not at the dinner table. They looked at the sumptuous meat dishes on the table with envy, and they were all so hungry that their faces were pale and their bodies were thin.
They swallowed hard and their stomachs growled. They could not sit at the table, and all gathered around the stove. Their dinner
It was a bowl of green vegetables, chicken necks, butts, wings and some leftovers.
Even Liu Mei is no exception.
Liu Mei hadn't done farm work for a long time. She suffered a lot in the past few days when she returned home. She had back pain and leg cramps. This kind of life where she eats less than a chicken but works more than a cow makes Liu Mei feel dazed and as if the days in the city were a dream. This is the life she should live...
When Liu Mei lived in the city, she had meat for every meal. Although it couldn't be called delicacies from land and sea, she could eat whatever she wanted and it was rich in fat. Liu Mei looked at the green vegetables in the bowl and put down her chopsticks.
The girls of the Zhou family started chattering again. Xidi whispered, "The village primary school has started. Sister Xiu asked us to go back to school."
The other girls lowered their heads.
Fu Di, the oldest, said, "Yes, you should go back to school! Sister Xiu said there is a loving lunch. There is meat, and you will be full!"
The Zhou sisters' stomachs rumbled. They swallowed hard and asked in disbelief, "Really?"
The youngest, Yingdi, poked her chopsticks. "Really? Sister Xiu secretly gave me a chicken drumstick a few days ago. I ate it! It was delicious!"
She watched Zhou Feng eat two chicken legs in a row, and reluctantly looked away.
Fudi and Xidi also nodded vigorously.
…
Over at the dining table.
Grandma Zhou added another thick piece of braised pork to her grandson, but Zhou Feng threw the braised pork away with a "pop" in disgust.
"I don't want to eat anymore! I don't want to eat anymore! My butt hurts again. It's been so bad for so many days! Mother-in-law, why don't you beat her to death? You don't care about me at all!"
His chubby face revealed a hint of disgust and hostility.
Grandma Zhou lifted up her grandson's pants and saw his swollen and mottled buttocks. She cried out in pain.
Grandma Zhou took a quick look and found that Zhou Cheng was not there, so she started cursing at him.
Zhou Feng's mother frowned and said, "Mr. Zhou is being unreasonable. Mom, don't think that this girl has hooked up with a rich man. What good will our Zhou family get? She hates us! How can we benefit from her?"
"She charged all the money for the betrothal gift to us!"
Gao Xiu Lian, the new granddaughter-in-law of the Zhou family, was again singled out for the issue of the bride price. She winked at her husband.
Zhou Xiu's cousin said impatiently, "Mom, what's the dowry for Lianhua? The dowries in the county are all this amount, don't make a fool of yourself. I know the owner of the feed factory, he has seen Zhou Xiu and likes her very much. He said that if Zhou Xiu is willing to follow him, he is willing to pay 300,000 yuan for the dowry."
Three hundred thousand! The women in the Zhou family, including Uncle Zhou, all paused in their breathing.
"Zhou Xiu is worth 300,000 yuan in betrothal gifts?"
…
Xiushui Village Primary School.
After school at noon, Zhou Xiu asked the students to wash their hands. She said mysteriously, "The teacher will give you a surprise later."
The children lined up obediently and went to the village stream one by one to wash their hands.
When they came back, the classroom was filled with the smell of food.
There are stainless steel lunch boxes on their desks, which are filled with rice, meat slices, tomatoes and cucumbers. Each child has one egg.
The children’s stomachs growled with hunger. They exclaimed “Wow” in surprise and returned to their seats in disbelief.
They raised their heads and asked cautiously, "Is this... for us to eat?"
They stared at the teachers with burning eyes.
What kind of look is that... The black and white eyes of a child are truly the purest treasures. When they look at you like this, you simply cannot refuse.
The people in charge of distributing the food were Huaxu, Yu Qingyan and Lan Xin. They nodded with mixed feelings.
"Eat it, no leftovers!"
After receiving affirmation from the teachers, the children picked up their bowls and started eating vigorously, eating fast and fiercely, as if they were very hungry.
Even if rice grains fell on the ground, he would pick them up and eat them.
Zhou Cheng, sweating, carried the empty vegetable and rice buckets, waved to his daughter and went back to the inn.
"Is it really free?" the child asked halfway through his meal.
Zhou Xiu shook her head, "No."
They asked again: "Will there be food tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, and the days after tomorrow?"
Zhou Xiu nodded affirmatively, "Yes."
This conversation filled the present students with complicated thoughts. They never expected that the children would be so happy when they saw the food. Everyone ate voraciously, some even with red eyes.
They also didn't expect that these foods, which they would not even look at twice under normal circumstances, would one day become surprises that others could not even dream of.
Yu Qingyan whispered, "Yesterday I saw my students sneak out and drink water from the ditch."
Lan Xin turned her head and recalled softly, "My students were even worse off. They only had one meal during the day, and after that they had to go to class hungry all day."
It really makes me sadder the more I think about it.
Huaxu pursed her lips, and the image of Erhua angrily accusing them of wasting food appeared in her mind.
The primary school in Xiushui Village is the only one within a ten-kilometer radius. Every day, many children from other villages have to spend half an hour or even two hours trekking to get to school.
They can only rely on the dry food in their own lunch boxes for lunch, but what is surprising is that many children do not bring their own lunch.
Du Feiyang returned to the inn, had lunch, and took a walk.
When he saw this scene, he touched the back of his head and said in amazement: "You girls are really thoughtful. I didn't even think of it. I give you a thumbs up!"
Huatiao said: "It wasn't us, it was Xiuxiu and her father who did it."
Du Feiyang exclaimed "Wow" and looked at Zhou Xiu with admiration: "You are worthy of being the show god of Dayude!"
Xiu Shen not only has an extremely high IQ, but is also extremely manly. His behavior is so manly!
Tan Ming took a look at the breakfast and was a little surprised. After the surprise, there was some silence.
Zhou Xiu's family seems to be very poor...
Yu Qingyan saw the child quietly put the dry food he brought from home into his schoolbag and started eating happily. I feel extremely satisfied.
After the primary school students finished their lunch and were full, their faces were filled with happy smiles.
“Thank you teachers, you are so nice!”
“I will study hard!”
"Today's meat is delicious!"
After the group returned to the inn, Yu Qingyan couldn't help but think of Zhou Xiu's English composition in her mind, and she was about to burst into tears. When Zhou Xiu was a child, he faced the problem of hunger. Unexpectedly, more than ten years later, this generation of children still has to endure it.
Huaxu asked Zhou Xiu: "Xiu Xiu, you..."
She hesitated, "Are you going to keep doing this?"
Zhou Xiu looked at Hua Xu's worried eyes and said firmly, "Yes. Don't worry, I know what I am doing."
At this moment, everyone's eyes were on her.
Zhou Xiu coughed and said, "My power is limited, and I don't have the conditions to continue. I have already connected Xiushui Primary School to the 'Love Lunch' project, and their lunch should be solved soon in the future."
Yu Qingyan looked at Zhou Xiu with red eyes, and at this moment her admiration for her reached its peak.
Xiuxiu is really excellent, she likes Xiuxiu so much!
As soon as Zhou Xiu finished speaking, several other friends said, "Is this okay? Then I want to join in too!"
Xu Qing's lips moved, "Count it in for me."
Lan Xin said: "I will donate my pocket money to this primary school!"
Zhou Xiu smiled and said, "Yeah."
The poor students did the work of two people. They were exhausted after half a day's class and soon went back to their rooms to sleep.
Zhou Xiu took out the math test paper given by Lao Wang and started writing.
The system said with mixed feelings: [Project docking... shouldn't be that fast, right? 】
It finally understood why Zhou Xiu always said he was poor.
It seems that she is really poor... too poor, the system is a little shocked.
Zhou Xiu nodded and continued to write the test paper.
[Don’t be afraid, you won’t die of poverty. I still have you.] 】
The system looked complicated: [……]
In two hours at noon, she finished four sets of papers. [Ding - Completed Mr. Wang's Mathematical Olympiad test paper with a correct rate of 98%, and was rewarded with 200 RMB]
[Ding--Complete Mr. Wang's Mathematical Olympiad test paper with a 100% accuracy rate and receive a reward of 500 RMB]
[Ding——Complete Mr. Fang’s Mathematical Olympiad test paper with a 100% accuracy rate, and you will be rewarded with 500 RMB]
[Ding——Complete Mr. Liu’s Mathematical Olympiad test paper with a 100% accuracy rate, and you will be rewarded 500 RMB]
Zhou Xiu reached into his pocket, touched the thick banknotes, and curled his lips in joy.
The system smiled and said: [This month, we will enable double reward mode for you. 】
[Go young man!] Study hard, and I have all the money you want! 】
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